We already discussed David Finch, Dell's senior product marketing manager for Linux clients, last week. We missed, however, some more interesting statements by Finch; Dell is looking into the ARM-based netbook smartbook market, and close to a third of all of Dell's netbooks ship with Linux.

Well isn't the idea that if there is such a demand for F/OSS drivers that *someone* in the community will provide them? One manufacturer's failure to provide such drivers does not diminish the freedom already existent, provided by other like-minded individuals.